sarcophagus
box-like funeral receptacle
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Summary
sarcophagus ranks in the top 1% of general entities by monthly Wikipedia readership (5,471 views/month).[1]
Key Facts
- Subclass of: coffin[2], archaeological artefact[3]
- Commons category: Sarcophagi[4]
- Topic's main category: Category:Sarcophagi[5]
- OpenStreetMap tag: tomb=sarcophagus[6]
- Described by source: Russian translation of Lübker's Antiquity Lexicon[7], Brockhaus and Efron Encyclopedic Dictionary[8], Small Brockhaus and Efron Encyclopedic Dictionary[9], Explanatory Dictionary of the Living Great Russian Language, Second Edition[10], Metropolitan Museum of Art Tagging Vocabulary[11], Encyclopædia Britannica 11th edition[12], Armenian Soviet Encyclopedia, vol. 10[13], Pauly–Wissowa[14]
- Different from: saprophage[15]
- P14692: 1040[16]
Body
Influence
Things named for sarcophagus include Sarco pod[17], an euthanasia device[18].
Why It Matters
sarcophagus has Wikipedia articles in 29 language editions, a strong signal of global cultural recognition.[19] sarcophagus is known by 39 alternative names across languages and contexts.[20]
Entities named for sarcophagus include Sarco pod[17], an euthanasia device[18].